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John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad.
Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center...
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Publicity photograph of Mayme Louise Stremme Price, town clerk of Gypsum, Colorado, from 1911 to 1955. She was also the postmistress of the Gypsum post office from 1905 to 1935. Her father, Theodore Stremme, was mayor of Gypsum from 1911 to 1914.
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Duane Larsen is seated at the far right of the picture. The caption on the photograph describes Duane as an Army Clerk while stationed in Pomigliano, Italy in June, 1945.
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Frank Chiaro describes his life as the child of Italian immigrants, farm life in the Pomona area of Mesa County, Colorado, and his various jobs, including his work as a boilermaker for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He also talks about the second incarnation of his railroading career as a clerk, about mail cars and mail clerks, about the Durham Stockyards and the many livestock trains departing Grand Junction, and about water towers for steam...